Plastics are durable, lightweight materials that were invented in 1909. They are normally made from oil and natural gas. Using plastics to replace packaging materials such as metal and glass has allowed manufacturers to make packages that are more efficient. For example to bottle eight gallons of a beverage would take only two pounds of plastic but would take three pounds of aluminum, eight pounds of steel and 27 pounds of glass. The light weight of plastic packaging helps reduce transportation costs
Recycling means collecting and sorting waste for the purpose of producing new products. In Malaysia, the recycling program was officially introduced on December 2, 2000 and the Ministry of Housing and Local Government (ministry) has determined that the 11 November of each year as National Recycling Day. Recycling process involves a variety of solid waste including plastic. Plastics is the solid waste that cannot be decomposed, so the recycling process of this material can help reduce the quantities
Recycling is process and step in collecting and sorting waste for the purpose of producing new products. In Malaysia, the recycling program was officially introduced on December 2, 2000 and the Ministry of Housing and Local Government (ministry) has determined that on 11 November of each year as a National Recycling Day for Malaysia. Recycling process has involves a variety of solid waste including plastic. Plastics is the solid waste that cannot be decomposed, so, through the recycling process of
Recycling Plastics In the 1870’s, plastic was discovered in the United States when John Wesley Hyatt was trying to create a different material to make billiard balls (Manrich, 3). Little did he know it would majorly evolve into material we use everyday. However, plastics are now taking over our landfills. The average American throws away one-hundred and eighty-five pounds of plastic a year (Popescu, 121). The answer to decrease this statistic is easy: recycling. I believe that recycling will help
With plastic being so prevalent, and having so many adverse effects on the environment, it’s time that people begin to reduce the amount of plastic they use and for scientists to develop more eco-friendly alternatives. In “Plastics, human health and environmental impacts: The road ahead” Rachael Stephens and Leighton Walter Kille agreed that plastic is inadequate and has been used for over a century, and that it is time we find a new solution. They gave finding found by the National Institute of
Plastic bags are the most important ways that could help the environment of the countries around the world to be clean and clear from the pollutions that will be made by peoples, of course everyone in this large world want to be comfortable, so for example if a person who just bought a chocolate, first of all if he think a little about the environment of his country, he will eat the chocolate and then will throw the casing of the chocolate inside a trash or inside a plastic bag that will be made
teeth or use canteens instead of purchasing plastic water bottles, it will show in the future and even now. It is safe to say that we do have an impact on the world around us and there are definitely clear results both positive and negative. One of the most negative impacts that we have created in the ecosystem is the water pollution of plastic. Humans always go to the grocery store and come back with plastic bags of food. What do we do with those plastic bags? Reuse them for doggy bags, we use them
article, “Bag Ban Bad for Freedom and Environment.” California had just recently escaped a bill that would ban all plastic bags in stores. This upset many environmentalists, so Summers wrote his article to show why plastic bags should exist in society. Summers’ article could easily fail as an argument, as many people support the environment and have continuously heard about the dangers of plastic bags. However, Summers builds three tiers of arguments by cleverly using rhetorical strategies. In his article
couple of these rules as “Dumb” or “Good” for multiple reasons. Anyhow, three of the most controversial bills have included some type of relation to plastic bags, dog ‘waste’, and the pursuit of bears. To begin, plastic bags have become an exceptional necessity in the US, but , in some cities, like San Jose and Sunnyvale, have become limited. Even if plastic has obliterated itself from a consumer's view, something has not disappeared, yet. The text states, “Stores may still provide paper bags made of
Abel Makkonen Tesfaye, also known as “The Weeknd”, was born on February 16, 1990 and is a Canadian singer, record producer, and songwriter that grew up having a rough start and is known as With this in mind, Abel grew up in Toronto, Canada, but unfortunately growing up, he had a rough childhood, in which he dropped out from high school at the age of 17, he started roaming the streets of Toronto, by doing drugs, and making bad decisions that eventually got him to where he is today. To begin with,
There is a simple choice that many of us individuals have to make on a daily or weekly basis. Imagine yourself at the supermarket when you are faced with that same old choice: paper or plastic? Which one do you choose and why? And furthermore, which one should you choosing? Many os us don’t stop to think of such a simple decision being so impactful on the environment, but recently there has been a lot of attention regarding the packaging that we choose to use. Environmentalists, commercial businesses
The debate of whether plastic bags are more beneficial to the environment and our community continues to find little resolution. Although there’s an abundant opposition to the use of plastic bags, the benefits of using plastic bags should be acknowledge. Manufacturing and the usage of plastic bags produce less pollution, require little energy, and is efficient for recycling; therefore, our community should avoid limiting the use of plastic bags because plastic is a valuable material. First, our
dissolving and recycling the polymer become more difficult. Other alterations such as dying the polymer are less cost efficient to recycle and can be more difficult as well. There are certain types of HDPE (high density polyethylene) that are blown into shapes such as bottles. Different chemicals are used in this process and therefore have to be separated into their own category when recycling. The reason people have moved away from landfill dumping and moved towards recycling is due to the fact
In the last few years, a lot of controversy has been coming up about paper and plastic. The debate that comes up touches on which material is more harmful to the environment. Paper and plastic bags are both harmful to the environment in their own way, but which one is worse? Paper bags are said to use harmful chemicals and tons of fresh water, but facts will prove plastic bags to be much harder on the environment. The first thing that needs to be taken into consideration is how the bags are
1947, plastic containers were first commercially used to hold liquids, but not until the 60’s were they consumed by the general public. At first, plastic was extremely cheap to make; however, in recent years the price to manufacture plastic has skyrocketed. In 2011 alone, over eleven billion dollars were exhausted in the fabrication of plastic water bottles. All this money fuels the creation of about fifty billion bottles worldwide. Sadly, Americans have become reliant on disposable plastic containers;
The plastics industry has developed significantly since the invention of various methods for the manufacture of polymers. Plastic has several essential advantages, such as light weight, durability, an available cost relative to many other materials and an ability to be easily transformed (Andrady, and Neal, 2009). Plastics contribute to the safety of consumers’ food and water packaging usage as well as their health. Water has become an essential issue in urban areas, whereas the mechanism for the
Plastic, like most inventions, was accidentally invented. Charles Goodyear was a perfect example of how things accidently started. He started the process of making plastic by dropping India-rubber mixed with sulfur on a hot stove. The in the late 1930s, chemist Wallace Carruthers invented nylon, which is a synthetic polymer. Polymers have a high melting and boiling point. Synthetic polymers are also known by the word we use today, plastic. The evolution of plastic started during World War II. Ever
How to fight plastic pollution Problems and Uses of plastic Plastic is a material in our earth that affects us in lots of ways. If you look around you, you probably will notice that a lot of things around you are made of plastic. And this isn't a bad thing, because plastic is a very strong, light, and cheap resource. However, plastic can affect is in some bad ways as well. For example, plastic tends to get into the ocean very often, which ends up killing many sea life because they mistake it for
Research Background The term of plastic has attracted more attention in the literature for the past 100 years since the introduction of the first industrial plastic at the latter part of the 19th century. John Wesley Hyatt, an American, finally came upon the solution in year 1869 with celluloid which makes its debut in plastic industry (McCord, 1964). Ever since after, there have been several milestones in the history of material science as the invention of plastic has, arguably, touched more lives
Introduction Plastic has found its way into every house and office, it’s found in many home appliances and office equipment. The reason for increased use of Plastic is that it has replaced Glass, wood and metals and it’s relatively cheap. Plastic is thrown away after its use and that creates a huge problem regarding the disposal of the plastic. This has resulted in the need for recycling plastic in order to avoid its disposal and to re-use it. The first time used plastic is known as virgin grade